{"id":459433,"date":"2022-09-29T15:08:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=459433"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:08:52","slug":"javier-mendez-reveals-khabib-nurmagomedov-never-lost-a-sparring-session-claims-islam-makhachev-is-the-only-person-to-win-a-round-off-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/javier-mendez-reveals-khabib-nurmagomedov-never-lost-a-sparring-session-claims-islam-makhachev-is-the-only-person-to-win-a-round-off-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Mendez reveals Khabib Nurmagomedov never lost a sparring session, claims Islam Makhachev is the only person to win a round off him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Javier Mendez says no one beat Khabib Nurmagomedov in a sparring session and the only person to win rounds off of him was Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov retired undefeated and was dominant in the UFC as he hadn’t lost a round until he fought Conor McGregor. He had his ways with opponents and since he retired, the attention has turned to Islam Makhachev who’s set to headline UFC 280 against Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Makhachev is the betting favorite and many – including Nurmagomedov – have hyped him up as a future champion. For Mendez, who coaches both, he says Islam Makhachev is the only fighter to win rounds off of Nurmagomedov in sparring.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubmissionRadio\/status\/1575340763227230208<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all the history, since 2012, since Khabib\u2019s been doing sparring with me in front of my eyes, there has been nobody that\u2019s ever taken a round from him. No one\u2019s ever won a sparring session. Not a sparring session with Khabib ever. Except one man. Islam,” Mendez said to Submission Radio<\/a> about Makhachev. “He\u2019s the only one that has won rounds from Khabib. Never won a session, but he\u2019s won rounds. And I\u2019ve never seen that. So, obviously, when Khabib talks about the next heir, he\u2019s not saying something that he\u2019s trying to make up and make people believe. He knows, like I know, how good his Islam is.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s why he\u2019s so confident in what he\u2019s saying. Khabib\u2019s not known to say something that he doesn\u2019t mean,” Mendez continued about Islam Makhachev. “And he means it, I mean it. And now it\u2019s time for Islam to go out there and shine and let everybody know what Khabib already knows and I know, that he\u2019s the best right now. He is the best. And we have to prove it and we will prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Islam Makhachev is 22-1 as a pro and is riding a 10-fight winning streak and beat Bobby Green his last time out.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Islam Makhachev being the only person to win rounds off of Khabib Nurmagomedov in sparring?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Javier Mendez says no one beat Khabib Nurmagomedov in a sparring session and the only person to win rounds off of him was Islam Makhachev. Nurmagomedov retired undefeated and was dominant in the UFC as he hadn’t lost a round until he fought Conor McGregor. 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